Is activating transcription factor 3 up-regulated in patients with hypospadias?

Korean Journal of Urology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 561-564

  Gurbuz, Cenk ^a   Demir, Selamettin ^a   Zemheri, Ebru ^b   Canat, Lutfi ^a   Kilic, Mert ^a   Caskurlu, Turhan ^a  

^a Istanbul Goztepe Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Goztepe Training Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Activating transcription factor 3; Estrogens; Genetics; Hypospadias; Urogenital abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 3;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CIRCUMCISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOSPADIAS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PREPUCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 77955899153     PISSN: 20056737     EISSN: 20056745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4111/kju.2010.51.8.561     Document Type: Article

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